Railway-brake-beam support



Jan. 8,1929.

8. A. CRONE RAILWAY BRAKE BEAM SUPPORT Filed May 18, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR 527 4 [id/V5 ATTORNEY Jan. 8, 1925 s. A. CRONE- RAILWAY BRAKE BEAM S'UBPORT Filed May 18, 1926 2 SheetsSheet 2 v INVENTOR I "3 577/ I9. (kw/V5 & 5! BY ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 8, 1929.

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SETH A; CRONE; or {EASTORANGEA New JERSEY, risers-Non ro'rnnrrano BRAKE 13mm COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, Y

A CORPORATION: or NEW'YORK.

RAILWAYQBRAKE-BEAM surron'r.

Application filed May 18,

This invention relates to improvements in railway brake beam supports. and a method offormingcertain portions thereof, and has particular reference to eniergencytsafety sup- 5 porting bars and th'eir'connections to the.

spring plank or other partof "a railway car truckf V Railway. car trucks are usually provided with safety supporting bars which extend a manner as to preventthe latter from falling under the wheels in case itshould be come accidentally loosened from'its hang ings.. Such supporting bars have' comprised various structuralsteel shapes secured to the spring plank of the truck by suitable brackets. In some car truck's the attachment of the supporting bars to the spring plank" bar and mounting bracket therefor which may be'firmly secured on a car truck and which will requireainiinmum amount of space for its attachment.

' Another object is to provide such a device wherein the supporting barwill be held with,

great security yet readily removable foripur- 5 poses of repair-or, repla'cement.

Another objectis to provide such a lnechanism with a safety bar supporting bracket which may readily andeconomically be produced from' a single blank of sheet:.metal service, and an improvementin the art.

Another object is to provide a novel method'o'f producing a supporting bracket:

ofthecharacterreferred to. i I

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description in:

connection withthe accompanying drawings, wherein the invention isdisclosedby way of illustration,

In the drawings Figure 1 is a fragmen? tary, top plan view of a brake beam mech anism for railway car trucks provided with emergency safetybars and supports thereof, embodying the invention.

below the brake beam mechanism in such and which willbe strong and durable in 1926, Serial No; 110,013.

Figure 2 is ,a vertical, transverse View, on the line22 of Figure 1;,

Figure 8' is a view-taken on the line 3 31 OfFigure '2, and showing one, of the emergeney safety bars in cross-sectionanditssupporting bracket in side elevation; v

Figured is a'detail perspective view of one of the safety bar supporting brackets; peruse; i p l Figure 5 isa detail, plandview of the sheet metal blank fromlwhich supporting brackets may be formed;

'FigureQG is a view similar to Figure v5,"; 1 of the blank for the formationoffa bracket; ofthe opposite hand from-that .ofjFigure v5 Figure '7 is a perspective view ofa,- partly ro finished supporting bracket formedfrom blank, as shownin Figure 5; I 1

The invention may be applied to any-dee sired type of railway cartruck' h'avingfa; spring plank v10 at the opposite sides offm which are the. usual brake beam mechanisms 11. As best shown in Figure '1,fea ch brake}, beam mechanism comprises a brake beam 12i and a compression member 13 which, are. connected together by the usual strut 14; in 0 which the brake operatingdevicesimay be; suitably mounted; Extending in a direction transverse to that f thetspring plank are} apair of emergency safety supporting bars l5' whichia-re positioned below the spring plank 10 and eXtend beyondlthe limits of{' the brake beam mechanisms in s such t a man} ner as to be capable-bf preventingthein from.,

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falling under the wheels in caseofaccidentalf loosening. The safety bars lfi"aregfirmlyl held in position by bracket 'members 16. which are disposed at opposite sides ofQthe; spring plank 10' and suitably secured thereto.. The brackets 16 are allalike'in structure and therefore a detailed description ofi 9 only one will be given. I i i j 3 Referring now; particularly to Figures 2,; t0 6 inclusive, it will be seen that thebracket 16*has antup'per portion lying againstthe. outer surface of the side flange, 11 of-ilthe. spring planklO and has its upper extremity flanged asat 18 to overlie the upper-ledge; of the spring plank. The lower 'portion of;

the bracket extends inwardly below the c spring planklO and is preferably formed; with'a seat portion 19 for engaging the 10::Wer

surface of the spring 'plank,' whereb'yto.

firml position the same for securement by one. of the tic a rivet 19 or other suitable fastening means.

' The supporting? bracket may it preferably, be

formed ,out, as shown in Figures 5 and 6, and 1n rom a strip oftsheet metal blanked which a pair of offset portions 20 and 21 are provided for, the formation of -the finished bracket. The lower end of the ortion 21 extends upwardly, as at 23, to orin i0 i tical flange being engaged on its opposite sides by the members22 and 23. Anys'uita supporting seat 24 for the lower edgeof a vertical flange 25 of the safety bar, said .ver

able means may be employed for securing the safety bar 15 and, for this pnrpose as shown in the drawings, the members 22'and 23may have aligned openings 26 for, the

Yreceptionof a removable locking pin 27;

i heavysheet steel.

a a y y b ank, where the two offset portions merge,

f The bracket .16 twill preferably be made in rights and lefts, as shown in Figures ,5 and 6, wherein Aydesignates the blank for one'of such members and B designates a blank for abrac'ket' of the opposite hand. a In earrying'out the improved method of manufacture, a blankfsnch as A inFigure 5 is cut, punched, orotherwise formed from suitable stock such as wrought iron on p i The lower offsetportion 21 is then twisted to, the position shown in Figure 9, this operation being facilitated b heating of the central portion of the after lwhich the opposite ends are. firmly gripped byoppositely rotatable jaws, well known to thoseskilled in the art This twistingoperation may also be assistedby theuseof forming dies engageable with the ppositesides of the centralportion of the ank, whereby to insure uniform accuracy in "the production ofthe seat portion 19.

The upper extremity of the portion 20 may then be bent over to form the flange 18, ex-

tending inwardly from the portion 20 in the same direction as the twisted portion, and thereafterithe lower portion may be reversel bent to form the supporting seatQl nd}; at engaging portion 23. Theiapertnres 26, as well asthat for the passage of r bracket. f i

has already theirivet 19 are then drilled, completing the e i been pointed out, the lower portion 21; of the blank from whichthe I bracket 16 is :formed is twisted inwardly to be positioned closekup to the bottomof the the car truck.

spring (plank 10, andflinthis manner: the

safetylbars will be firmly held in place and occupying a minimumamount of space in the drawings, the safety bars 15 have beenfshown as being of anglebar formation, andwhile the'supporting brackets 16 are es-j pecially adaptable for such a bar, they can of course be used forother structuralsteel shapes, if desired. .In the event that 'it is necessary to make repairs or replacements, the safety bars 15 maybe easily detached by first removing thelockin pin 27 and thereafter withdrawi g thesafetE bars in a longitudinal direction from the racket 16.

an especially w simpleli construction has been provided for-safety bar supports and one From the foregoing'it willbe evidentthatg which maybe economically manufactured Y from sheet material In view of the fact that thesafetybar is held up close to the bottom of the spring plank and furthermore because the supporting brackets do not extend any substantial distance beyond the sidesofthespring plank, the invention is desirable l for car truckswherein space is limited for i 80.

the application ofsuch deviees, Obviously, the inventionis susceptible of further modia fication the details of construction, arrangement of parts, and steps in the method of manufacture, and the right is herein re: a. served tomake such Kchangesas fallwithin the scopeof the appended claimswithoutdeparting from the spiritfof the invention.

Having thus deseribed my invention, what,

Iclaimis'zi i V H r l 1. supporting bracket for safety bars and the li e, comprising ametallicmember adapted to bejsecured to theside of aspring pla nkiof a car truck, the lower portion of said member being twisted'through an angle of substantially ninety degrees to presentia' flat surfaceto a safety. bar, saidlowerpor tion substantially extending in its entirety inwardlybelow the spring plank, and having a supporting seatfor said safety bar.

2. The method of producing asupportingbracket for brake beam safety bars, consist ing providing a flat metal blank with a y pair of ofl'setportions, twistingi one of said, a 7

portions relatively to the other portion whereby to dispose-them in planes at subs 1oz stantially right angles to each other, andre-, a

versely bending part of the lowermost por -i tion to form a supporting seatfor a safety;

ba l. 1 w 3. The methodof producing asupp'orting bracket for brake beam safety bars, consist-i ing'inproviding a an; metal blank with upper and lower offset portions disposed in a single plane, twisting the blank to dispose;

said offset portions'in relatively perpendicu lar planes, reverselybending the lower offset portion =to form a supporting seat for a safetybar, and formingan inwardl. ex- V on the upper edge 0 {the i r 12 0 Hanging the upper extremity of the blank,

and reversely bending the lower extremity to form a supporting seat fora safety bar.

5. A supporting bracket forsafety bars,

5 comprising a sheet metal member 'for seeurement to the spring plank of a car truck,

' the lower portion of the member extend- I tion,

ing downwardly and then upwardly and being bent. entirely to one side of the plane of the upper portion in the form of an up- 10 right seat for a safety bar, the downward portion biseeting the plane of the upper por- SETH A. CRONE. 

